Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18
cons u TIE STAGE.

cons u THE sTheE.
A Talk On the DImemAfles
e he Kncsun1ered
whns . Prananuns Mnnanss Regards a.
KmsnssaI Qsnllanaisns
Tha epunsry i ana via ycung men
ara wurrn ambfkInug % a81Yl ~
lheafEaanl uanfnafnn ~ q me- woEks
80 Fc1Sar OosEss h Z OhisaEs p1psr.
llag I6Idk Win lanNlna eg1s - tie hsG
1Nertn1n q Neg York far a. opsu1nn.
IksT hsiIsss fhma thsy nass h lham q
sod drxma1ia qualities as kefEsaas
nonfh. CharIafts onshu1n, as1 MsrE
Anasraon. Tha managers are dalnGe1
Win ieitsEa From al ossr the eouHssy
iron tllnns VITO think they Would ahlle
q nSgnnERas. I hnppsne1 inta She o.
nea e NaNa0oE A. u. RalmeI, . soe
Madison GqanrB TheataTs . fsW a9ys
80 when t6s sahisst was eoucAeo up
"a. Mr.. Palmer b preszdnns q ne
Aelnf1a RnnR. and b . nan ct hhex1l
edaaaafan. Hs d known al exeT this
eunnfrr and q Europe. BE hiss enc OF
- heSt lIhrarias % dramatic bfeTas1se
n as e1uuary. He has helpod bun.
6rsSS a. wang msa and Won,e1 70 rs
% ths stage. He talked freely and
fTsuklV On re snbisot. aaksd him (:
aWkat chanee does tha dEanatio pre-
fsss1on oHsr 30 ygunz men and won
.sTbs same chsnea thas fhs studio az
fords, that tie pen a4sEd8-Rlyen equal
industry, patismea. TASTE talent @nd
afuen1 FOR 1hs calling, Success b as po1-
gilslo nnd na pEuhable On the ataGs - 10
any ofher aEtisiie psefssalsns" be re-
pIis1.
aWhns d she bsgl say for . person
win dFamatie aspiration 30 beRiDr
sEha beat way, a. things are here, IL
q lsarn % carry banner. % walk on
ths Stage, 10 begin a. the beRlaninR, u
AVOID All xEA0Kxns
Excaut TIE professional antoE-ieaeheF
or me ataaa manaQor-remembsxing al
ways thaf thase Is no royal road 70
learning On the staQa any more tha1 ~
any Beienca, or any other ART Of all
qusIiiies TIE most necessary 20 Q begin
nsr u modegty."
aDoes acting payr
sYea. n q QroaksK degrees than any
other oeauDstion requiring "a equal ex-
pandliurs Of the inteIleotual and physi-
All forrea. A faVoFite actor OF actress
viii make acting pay better than iaw-
veg Who 0acupies corresponding posi-
ton IN his profession can make sne lay
pay, o. an equally abs doosor mase
medicine pay. hotofie.y may . MADE
10 nav nomeninKily without talent or
early industry, but as that kind Of sue-
cess involves the loss Of self respect. IL
does not pay either q man OF . woman
Of principle"
ssHas 4 person. without in6oence.
chance 10 rise In the professional
"rhs most famous agtoFs and aetres-
ees, from GarEiek and Keane % kachei
and RistoEi, had no Inhaence till theg
bad made thair mark By industry and
talent. The rise that b due 10 inhuenoe
is a. tRansiant e. g 10 disgraoeful 20 she
wuuld- be-aceog and 20 the profession ?
sWkat books should be read and
studied 70 Get the fundamental kn0wl-
edQe Of dramatic work and aotinR1"
There Il little OF no dramatic sohool
literature. The books mosl beneficial
TO q younR actor are simply the Eng
iish classics in fiction, history, poetry
and essay. In them he viii md what
no other literature can give him-a tFus
reflex Of the human passions. and an
unequaled variety Of eharacter.p
What course would you advise be-
ginneR 10 puEsueF
II should say 70 the beginner. e .
rule.--don'tl-h be still would, then /
would say lalWayssnpposinR be can ges
the chance)
an rHs sBPEzMksrzB
EisAt, then the stage manager and, In
time, the manager. tmean this t. the
only courae IN the present state OF our
stays and dramatic education.
''lf you AFe asked By young man or
woman, with desire togo on the stage
for an opinion, would you advise than
TO do 80, OF % seek professional or
commercial lifef"
'.As e rule, repeat, ! should say,
avoid the stage. What Ia called. talent
on the stage means simply Q peculiar
temperament, which for lack OF . better
adjective, We general call the 'mimetic
temperament. Il Il very doubtful that
either Cesar, Napoleon, og Washington
would have made - good an actor as
nsny q man. whose 'intslleet compared
TO theirs would Be a. drop Of water 10
the Atlantic ocean. Without this pecn
liaFiiy Of temperament, q marked sue
cess Is almost unattainable even By the
most intellectually refined man or wo-
man, however systematically equipped.
This temperanaent 10 raro, far more rare
than are such higher qualities Of the
mind. Where u ID evident such tenn
psEamenl exists IN . man, ! should not
deter him from going on the stage
aHOv about q WouanP
THAT q q different, and LET me add, .
far more delicate question 70 answer.
Granted that lady possesses, and
evinoea che possession Of the needed
tempeFament and other Qualities Of
great aciress, / shoald still hesitate 20
iake the responsibility Of advising her
30 ADOPT The life of the stage"
"Whyfs
aBsoauss Of The great sacrifices q 20
man ID forced 10 make who steps from
The solid, quisi happiness of private life
10 TIE glitter Of q public one. The
sanctities Of home. the pride Of woman
~ reserve, ara high prices 10 pay eithez
for the Qratincatioa Of vanity or she ae-
eumulation Of money. Do not mistake
NE. A moral woman can remain % on
the STAGE lust as vel as Cd Il. IrefeR
not 10 thae a. all; but TO the exchange
% the home for TIE theatre, the s1hgsi-
ton Of the excllsDents Of professional
rivatries and jsAlonsies for the chief en-
ioyments Of the pFivacies Of family life.
The stage
ma sxALoua PLATYozN.
II u Aus CmsaR, ant nullus With u. II
denies 10 the wife and mother the even
ing Of rest. II depEtvos hsE husband or
her father Of her oompsnionshlp 81
ahoaa very hours when u wuuid be
sweetest: and in spiie Of What she may
%, Substitutes q fsverish Qualification
alleFnaied with disappOsntments bitter
e. aloss, for TIE qaisi happiness that b
fullest aud most satisfactory 10 tbs fe-
nals heart. That there are women lie
Wofangtcn, Siddons. Rachaal or Morris.
who's unquiet genius makes RES IN
tolsrAhls. Who are. 80 q we're. born b
acl as Shakespeare was born 10 write,
10 matter hsB nf1aaied. seems evident
enou0h; hua speak not Of such ezoep-
tioua, bat Of the eenarAlity.s
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